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HS2 could cost up to £102.7bn and trains will be slower than first planned

Published: 5/19/2026, 2:34:17 PM 1 source(s)

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The new cost range and train speed are being announced as a "reset" of the delayed, over-budget and vastly scaled-back project is carried out. Newsiline summarises this report from BBC News - Top Stories and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.

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